Pretenders Sentence Examples

The war between the two pretenders was long and doubtful; on a coin Vonones mentions a victory over Artabanus.

Various pretenders sprang up and the kingdom fell into confusion.

Pretenders stepped forward but with even less credentials than the recently departed Rupert Youngblood.

The Catalans, who had adopted the cause of Charles and who had grievances of their own, called in a succession of foreign pretenders.

Of the many pretenders to this dignity known in all periods of Moslem history the most famous was the first caliph of the Fatimite dynasty in North Africa, `Obaidallah al-Mandi, who reigned 909-933.

As these independent Tatar states were always jealous of each other, and their jealousy often broke out in open hostility, it was easy to prevent any combined action on their part; and as in each khanate there were always several pretenders and contending factions, Muscovite diplomacy had little difficulty in weakening them individually and preparing for their annexation.

It may be noted that the more famous of the persons alleged by partisans of subsequent pretenders to have been hustled out of the world for their connexion with the secret are the empress Josephine, the duc d'Enghien and the duc de Berri.

He successfully supported the claims of no fewer than three pretenders to the Magyar throne, and finally made Bela III.

This citadel, one of the "fetters of Greece," was eagerly contended for by the Macedonian pretenders after Alexander's death; ultimately it fell to Antigonus Gonatas, who controlled it through a tyrant.

In 1210 it was joined to the Latin duchy of the Morea, and subsequently was contended for by various Italian pretenders.

Four pretenders to the throne successively impersonated Sebastian; the first two, known from their places of birth as.

Two pretenders arose in conformity - with this expectation among the Parthians in A.D.

His fear of possible pretenders induced him to go so far as to forbid the greatest of the boyars to marry.

After a struggle between various pretenders to the viceroyalty, in which some pitched battles were fought, Mahommed b.

In spite of his caprices he appears to have shown competence in the management of external affairs; enterprises of pretenders both in Egypt and Syria were crushed with promptitude; and his name was at times mentioned in public worship in Aleppo and Mosul.

The kingdom was harassed almost incessantly, and more than once partitioned,by pretenders to the throne, who did not scruple to invoke the interference of the neighbouring monarchs, and even of the heathen Wends, who established themselves for a time on the southern islands.

This expectation led to the appearance of several pretenders who posed as Nero; and as late as A.D.

In the third century, the period of Aurelianus and Gallienus, with its wild warfare of Romans and Persians, and of Roman pretenders one with another, seems especially to have aroused the spirit of prophecy.

In 153 B.C. there appeared another of the series of pretenders to the Syrian throne, to whose rivalry Jonathan, and Simon after him, owed the position they acquired for themselves and their nation.

He returned to office in April 1885 as foreign minister in the Brisson cabinet, and retained that post when, in January 1886, he succeeded to the premiership. He came into power with an ambitious programme of internal reform; but except that he settled the question of the exiled pretenders, his successes were won chiefly in the sphere of colonial extension.

Akbar succeeded his father in 1556 under the regency of Bairam Khan, a Turkoman noble, whose energy in repelling pretenders to the throne, and severity in maintaining the discipline of the army, tended greatly to the consolidation of the newly recovered empire.

After participating in the Lamian war and the campaigns of the Macedonian pretenders the city was captured (303) by Demetrius Poliorcetes, who transplanted all the inhabitants to the Acropolis and renamed the site Demetrias.

About 288 Antigonus Gonatas dissolved the league, which had furnished a useful base for pretenders against Cassander's regency; but by 280 four towns combined again, and before long the ten surviving cities of Achaea had renewed their federation.

He witnessed the chequered career of Stilicho as actual, though not titular, emperor of the West; he saw the hosts of Radagaisus rolled back from Italy, only to sweep over Gaul and Spain; the defeats and triumphs of Alaric; the three sieges and final sack of Rome, followed by the marvellous recovery of the city; Heraclian's vast armament dissipated; and the fall of seven pretenders to the Western diadem.

We know from himself that he was the intimate of those who belonged to the circle of the great orator Symmachus - men who scouted Stilicho's compact with the Goths, and led the Roman senate to support the pretenders Eugenius and Attalus in the vain hope of reinstating the gods whom Julian had failed to save.

The pretenders brother Nigel and many of his chief supporters were taken prisoners, and he himself escaped with a handful Of followers and took refuge in the Western islands.

There were plenty of possible pretenders in existence; the earl of Lincoln, whom Richard III.

On his return he took in hand to heal with the Hasmonaeans, and in 25 B.C. the old intriguers, their victims like Mariamne, and all pretenders were dead.

Nevertheless,Henry's reign was much disturbed by a succession of Yorkist conspiracies and pretenders.

In spite of the defeat of his party, and of the fact that he was forced several times to take refuge in England, Cadoudal did not cease both to wage war and to conspire in favour of the royalist pretenders.

Will Brent and Finchy be able to beat the young pretenders Tim & Ricky?

Once again the truth was stranger than fiction, and later that same year the band was asked to support The pretenders on tour.

However, Henry VII saw both pretenders to the throne off without great difficulty.

This is an important part of our philosophy, so you will not find any pretenders in our shop.

None has the routine formality, the writing to a formula, which we find in the works of other pretenders to the title.

On the death of King Eric Lam in 1147 Valdemar came forward as one of the three pretenders to the Danish crown, Jutland falling to his portion (compact of Roskilde, 9th of August 1157).

Luckily for those of us without a spare $8 million to spend on a lamp, the Tiffany lamp shades have inspired millions of pretenders that are every bit as beautiful as the originals - although slightly more affordable.

Keeping in mind that optimum health is the goal, be wary of the health food pretenders.

Advertised and featured as having "the look of real" the Precious Pretenders Collection was the first designer collection by Avon.

Introduced in 1971, the Precious Pretenders were designed with the look of Trifari and Coro jewelry.

Advertised in national magazines such as Woman's Day, the Precious Pretenders Collection designed by unknown artists was a huge success.

Jewelry collectors today generally pay from $25 to $45 for a 1971 Precious Pretenders necklace, bracelet and earring set.

Also taking part in this year's SXSW interview series are Kris Kristofferson, k.d. lang, Judy Collins, The Pretenders, Bill Bragg, and Sam Moore.

Ra Ra Riot are one of the new breed of indie rockers operating the Arcade Fire vein, but unlike mere pretenders they bring a little something of their own to the table.

There have been many pretenders since, but no one has managed to beat the masters at their own game and even come close to turning out the kind of musical mayhem Jack and Meg produce with just a guitar and a set of drums.

The Italian general would have preferred to wait until his intervention was requested Opcra dons in by both pretenders to the Abyssinian throne.

The most important of these pretenders were Karl Wilhelm Naundorff and the comte de Richemont.

Of all the pretenders Naundorff has the best case.

The names of pretenders not generally acknowledged are put in brackets.

At the same time he crushed two pretenders to the throne - Firmus and Tetricus.